Bottle-closure.



PA'TBNTBD JAN. 31, 1905.

' H. s. BRBWINGTON.

BOTTLE CLOSURE. APPLICATION FILED 00w. 10,1904.-

UNITED STATES Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. 'BREWINGTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL CORKAND SEAL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,182, dated January31, 1905.

Application filed October 10, 1904:. Serial No. 227,888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BREWINGTON,

- a citizen of the United States, residing in Baltimore city and Stateof Maryland, have in- Vented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

View through the vertical center of the same Fig. 5 is a'modification inwhich the upper end of the stopper is open instead of the lower end; andFig. 6 is a modification in which the lower end is straight instead oftapered, as in.

the other forms. I

A represents a bottle-neck, and 1 is a bead molded in its mouth.

B is the stopper. This is preferably fashioned from moderately thinsheet metal and consists of the head 2, which in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 6 isclosed, the neck 3 conforming to and adapted to fit as near as possiblethe bead 1 and the corrugated lower ende, which in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5tapers, that being the preferred construction, but which obviously mightbe straight or cylindrical, as in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 5 the upper end is open, as at 5, and

I the lower end 6 closed, as contradistinguished the neck 3.

The corrugated lower end 4 is made so in formed which may be easily andquickly applied and will perform the functions required of it, formingan air and liquid tight closure.

It is evident that other slight changes in addition to those shown anddescribed might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of theseveral parts described without departing from the spirit and scope ofmy invention, and hence I do not wish to be limited to the exactconstruction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture a bottlestopper comprising a head, aconstricted neck adapted to receive the-bead of a bottle-neck, and ayielding corrugated portion, which springs past the bead and expandsbeneath it, whereby to hold the stopper in the bottle.

2. As an article of manufacture, a sheetmetal stopper comprising ahollow head, neck and corrugated portion.

3. The combination with a bottle-neck having a bead formed in its mouth,of a hollow sheet-metal stopper comprising an enlarged upper end, aconstricted neck, and a yielding corrugated lower portion, the portionof the corrugated end adjacent the neck of greater diameter than thebead, and adapted to be forced by the latter and expand beneath it.

4:. The combination with a bottle-neck having a bead formed in itsmouth, of a hollow sheet-metal stopper comprising an enlarged upper end,a constricted neck, and a yielding corrugated lower portion, the portionof the In testimony WhereofI aflix my signature in corrugated end adacent the neck of greater presence of two Witnesses. diameter than thebead, and adapted to be forced by the latter and expand beneath it,HENRY BRENVINGTON' 5 and a yielding gasket around the neck whichWitnesses:

forms a packing between the stopper and the E. WALTON BREWINGTON,

bead. J 7 ALEX. HILLEARY, Jr.

